Background:Four-year starter on the offensive and defensive lines … Two-year Connecticut High School Coaches Association All-State selection … Two-time Walter Camp All-Connecticut team … New Haven Register first team all-state … Helped lead the 2009 team to only the second state championship game in school history … Was also a three-year letterwinner as a heavyeeight for the wrestling team and Finished third in the state as a junior … Treasurer of the National Honor Society and earned the Connecticut Association Male Scholar Athlete award.